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I try to keep hardboiled eggs in the refrig all the time. Sometimes I'll make egg salad for breakfast on bread or I have the Glucerna cereals which really fill me up. For a change I'll have English muffins (2) which fill me and keep me under my 60 grams for meals. I also buy the already roasted whole chickens and sometimes have hard boiled eggs and chicken for breakfast. Doesn't have to be strictly "breakfast food".

Eggs are always a good thing. Cereals are what spikes my blood sugar, even the healthy ones. For my omelets I use low fat cheese, onions, any vegie will do, and garlic. Watch what you cook them in, I use olive oil and just a small amount, don't need the added fat. I guess you could use fat free cheese but I don't like it, I assume that is what rubber would taste like if you cooked it, Yuck!

I bought an omelet maker from Walgreens last year… was like $9 on sale. It works really well. We just toss in the egg beater thingies and whatever fillings (canned crab, shrimp, veggies, etc) and it's ready in a few minutes. In reality we have every "maker" you can have in a kitchen except for a money maker. We've got the bread maker, snow cone maker, quesadilla maker, and a cotton candy maker. For Sale: slightly used cotton candy maker.

I love breakfast & it's so easy for the diabetic, Most foods are protien, the eggs, meats that go along with it. I eat light small sausage links & even with 2 eggs & sausage, my cholesterol has dropped, but I do take flax seed oil gel caps too. I also like the arnolds thins as my bread they are high fiber and lower calorie than 2 pieces of toast, personally fruit makes my sugars go up so I will only do 1/2 a banana, & I also like the light cranberry juice.

Oatmeal for me spikes my sugars & cerials do to. So I do cook every morning & microwaves help me thaw the sausage links & I quick brown them in the pan after my eggs are out.

Hi, Diane I, too, have that problem with oatmeal. It does spike a lot of other people, too, I think. I think the first day I joined this site, however, I found out about a super grain called quinoa (pronouned keen-wah). Quinoa is very versatile. You can eat it at breakfast like a cereal, or make it with different seasonings for a side dish at either lunch or dinner. It only raises my BS readings a small, teeny, tiny 2 points!

I love having oatmeal in the morning. I keep it from spiking my blood sugar by adding in chopped walnuts, wheatgerm, and cinnamon. One egg equivalent of eggbeaters however I like it and a glass of skim milk and I am good to go. I use a 1/4 cup of quick oats and a 1/2 cup of water. Put it in the microwave for 2 1/2 minutes. I always pour some of my milk in the oatmeal after I have added the walnuts and wheat germ. I use stevia as a sweetener.

I like egg beaters (got used to it) but i still have maybe a couple of regular eggs per week. I like to have whole wheat toast with low sugar jelly. I like to eat healthy whole grain cereals with fiber, such as some of the Kashi cereals, though some of them I did not like, and Smart Start ones are good. I like to eat instant oatmeal (though I have heard instant is not the best) but the LOW sugar kind that Quaker has. Seems to keep my BS numbers even. I like Smart Balance margarine and I put that on something everyday. Sometime when I want pancakes, I use Bisquick Heart Smart with whole wheat flour. If I have a banana I cut it up and put it in my cereal but can't have much of it. so anyway that is what I eat. Maybe I will find some good 'new' things on here

I have the same problem, I am not hungry when I wake up so I usually grab a banana while going out the door and after I get to the office I will eat a handful or so of dry cherios cereal at my desk. I keep a box at work incase I get low blood sugar after taking my Metformin and other meds. It gets me through the morning and is easy.

I do like the old fashion kind of oatmeal, not the quick cooking one. I have eaten so much of it that I need a break from it right now. But I will go back to it again in the futrue I always do. Thanks for the advice.

Oatmeal (the old fashioned kind) is my usual breakfast. I was really tired of it, and tried adding some (about 2 tbsp) dried fruit to the dry oatmeal before cooking. It sparkles up the flavor! I have used minced prunes, dried cherries, cranberries, raisins, dried apricots. Fresh fruit is good too. Chopped apple or peaches added to the pot while cooking, or sliced banana stirred in after is good, and helps sweeten the oats.You might try stirring in some cinnamon too.

You can also cook oats in part milk / part water to help the flavor. I stir in about 1 tsp honey for sweetening after it is cooked.

After reading the other posts, I realize I haven't checked my bg after eating… guess I need to do that too.

On another note, the food police won't put you on their 'ten most wanted' list if you eat a salad for breakfast. I'm personally not that fond of raw veggies but if you like em and it covers your nutritional needs, go for it. All's fair in love, war, and diabetes. Don't be afraid to think outside the (cereal) box.

Eggs are rather low in carbs. Just watch the cholesterol and the fats you use in cooking. A trick I like to use for omlettes is to put 3 eggs in a ziploc bag with a small splash of milk. Add any other ingredients you like, (peppers, onions, cheese, etc), and 'smoosh' it all up well. Immerse the bag in boiling water for 12 minutes. Voila, ziploc omlette! This avoids the added fat from frying and has the added advantage of not dirtying a skillet.

I hate eating breakfast when I first get up in the morning. It's only coffee for me until about 2, 3 hours after I get up. I've never been a breakfast person because I tend to get sleepy after breakfast if I have any kind of grain. Of course, my doctor says, naughty, naughty, you've got to eat breakfast. Since I've found since developing Type 2 that grains also spike my readings (and, of course, that's what makes me sleepy), I'm happy to say that someone here on this site resolved that issue for me and recommended a wonderful grain called quinoa. I understand it's pronounced "keen-wah." It looks almost like a rice once it's cooked but I find that I can eat it as a cereal, combine it at lunch with meat, fish or poultry and veggies; really do anything with it, such as make a meatloaf using it instead of bread. PLUS, and this is the wonderful part, I don't get sleepy and my readings only go up 2 incredibly small points! I'm in heaven and actually have been having breakfast since I was clued in about quinoa. If you buy it, just be sure you buy the kind that you don't have to soak for hours and hours. However, you will need to rinse it very well before you cook it. Of course, if you're an egg person, you can have that, or cottage cheese and fruit (be careful of fruits, though, if you're sensitive. Bananas, for instance, contain a huge amount of sugar. Hope this helps you get started.

Cottage cheese with fruit like a banana or strawberries. Cheese, sausage and crackers. A fried egg with toast. I don't do cereal and never have, didn't like how I felt after even as a child. Think of a variety of things, like on the go or able to take a few minutes to cook. Keep a open mind and good luck.

I never used to eat breakfast before I was diagnosed. Then they tell me I 'have' to eat my meals/snacks throughout the whole day…with my schedule, that's hard, too, to eat at certain 'timed' intervals. It was very frustrating at first, almost 3 yrs. later..I'm getting better at figuring out to take a piece of fruit with me, or crackers witha little peanut butter or something. All it takes are a few. I still get up in the morning, though, not really hungry, but make myself get something to eat. Usually a piece of rye toast, maybe a yogurt. small, quick, and not too filling when not real hungry…or even those glucerna drinks..

I drink the atkins shakes they are surprisingly good and only 1g sugar each and the vanilla & strawberry are only 2g carbs, chocolate is 4g carbs, and the mocha latte is 5g carbs and made with real coffee so it's really good in the morning! Also they all have 15g of protein.

I, of course, have my own solution to the breakfast dilemma: don't get up til lunch time. hehehe. Certainly, people with jobs or other committments can't do that but it works great for me. I usually worked the 'hoot owl' shift when I had a job and now that I'm retired, I'm just more comfortable doing my writing in the wee small hours. I generally work on my book until around 5:00 AM and make it to bed around 6:00 AM. That way, I get up just in time for lunch. I actually get less sleep than many people but I do it at strange times. My 'lunch' usually consists of traditional breakfast foods such as a pancake & turkey sausage. Because I'm on insulin, I actually need a certain amount of carbs so I'll have something to 'burn' during the day. While my test 2 hours after eating is usually high, my sugar drops throughout the day and is invariably low by dinnertime.

I'm currently writing a science fiction series. The first three in the series are published and available on Amazon.com while the 4th is complete but I've hit a 'snag' with the cover art. My usual artist is very ill and may never be able to work again. I haven't been able to locate anyone else who can actually draw anything and who shares my visions.

for me as long as its low carb I can have it any time I like One of the things I like best is a low carb flat bread toasted with cheese then add 2 eggs and a slice of ham the way it works out is 39 gm carbs LOL I can have thet lol its so good lol Best wishesHarlen

I think your frustration is a common one. Check out the archives here with the search box. I'd think the word "breakfast" will reactivate several awesome questions and replies.

I usually do Atkins bars or light and fit yogurt in the mornings because I need to grab and go. Granted I must look like I'm homeless because I am usually eating in car but I've got a pretty active lifestyle. How I wish I had time to make egg beaters, healthy pancakes, lean meats, etc. I'm lucky to pop my blood pressure meds and handful of vitamins each day.

The key thing to know is that breakfast simply means breaking the fast. There is no breakfast police (and no furniture tag police either…you can remove those labels) so eat what you like as long as you like what you eat.

Live on the edge… substitute the transfat, sugar and other "bad" things for healthier options. There are so many awesome recipes around. What you eat isn't quite as important as the fact that you eat… sensibly.

Start a food journal and you'll soon add 10, then 20, then 30 things that you really enjoy and that keep your bg at bay. So long as you eat to live and don't live to eat, you'll make friends with your body and your body will make friends with you.

I am on a spin off of the Special K diet. During the week I eat either a Special K cereal bar or a bowl of Special K Cereal Plus Protein with yogurt. My weekends I eat a low carb sensible breakfast. Usually eggs (or egg substitute) or a breakfast bowl with fresh fruit.

Don't get locked into the idea that breakfast has to be certain foods. Nothing says that you can't have lunch or dinner instead of "breakfast". I keep my "breakfast" under 6 grams of carbs. Here is a fantastic low carb recipe site to get some Ideas:

My breakfast is rather unorthodox, but eating a bunch of carbs for breakfast messes me up for the rest of the day. I usually have sauteed veggies or an egg and spinach low carb wrap. I don't like doing toast and cereals. But that is just me.

Yeah, I agree. I can't do anything but quinoa or eggs in the morning. Can't do cereals. BS's are too high from them. The quinoa doesn't do anything to me — just boosts it 2 beautiful small, tiny, teeny points.